全部 (quán bù) — all, whole, entire | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

全部 (quánbù) means 'all / the whole' and works as a noun or adverb — more general than 全体 (members of a group) or 整体 (a thing as a single unit). Often pairs with 都 to mean 'all of them'.

noun

allwholeentire

Examples

全部。
Zhè ge quán bù jì huà dōu zhǔn bèi hǎo le.
This whole plan is ready.
全部。
quán bù De fàn cài dōu bèi tā men chī wán le.
All the food was eaten by them.
全部。
Wǒ men quán bù cān jiā le huì yì.
We all attended the meeting.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

全部 combines 全 whole and 部 part to mean all parts, i.e. everything.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

入入rù
玉玉yùjade

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

咅

咅pǒu部bù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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